Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
CASEY STENGELGood pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
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They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I’ll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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